Keep your promise of tabling anti-smoking Bill, CAP tells govt


PETALING JAYA: The Control of Tobacco Products and Smoking Bill 2022 along with the Generational Endgame (GEG) provisions need to be presented in Parliament and approved immediately, says the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP).

CAP president Mohideen Abdul Kader said this was to overcome the issue of lack of legal control over electronic cigarette or vape products after the exemption of nicotine from the Poisons Act 1952 on April 1.

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